Excerpt from Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce in Pigtail and Petticoats: Or an Overland Journey From China Towards India BY way of preface the Author desires to anticipate possible Objections, from readers who may consider that he has said either too much or too little. The circumstances Of the journey absolutely precluded scientific Observation: the only instrument taken, viz., a thermometer, was broken at an early stage, and travelling by boat and chair is not favourable to minute investigation; but the Author can claim ...
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Excerpt from Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce in Pigtail and Petticoats: Or an Overland Journey From China Towards India BY way of preface the Author desires to anticipate possible Objections, from readers who may consider that he has said either too much or too little. The circumstances Of the journey absolutely precluded scientific Observation: the only instrument taken, viz., a thermometer, was broken at an early stage, and travelling by boat and chair is not favourable to minute investigation; but the Author can claim to have conscientiously recorded the. Facts which he was able to Observe and learn, and the experiences undergone by him, and he trusts that these at least may enable some successor to learn more and accomplish far greater results than it was in his power to attain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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